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Lucas Cranach the Elder

Venus and Cupid, dated 1506 (probably executed c. 1509)

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Medium

woodcut printed in red on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to image): 28.7 x 19.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 105, State ii/ii (late 17th-cent. impression)

Accession Number

1998.6.1

Artists / Makers

Lucas Cranach the Elder (artist) German, 1472 - 1553

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Inscription

upper right in woodblock: L / 1506 / C

Provenance

Christian Gottlieb Crusius (c. 1718-1783), Dresden (Lugt 548); (C.G. Boerner); purchased 1997 by NGA.

Associated Names

Boerner LLC, C.G.
Crusius, Christian Gottlieb

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1997: C.G. Boerner Neue Lagerliste 109, 1997: no. 9.

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